The Idaho Constitution
| Passage | Title |
|---|---|
| Entire Article | Article 0 (Introduction) |
| Preamble | Preamble to the Idaho Constitution |
| Passage | Title |
|---|---|
| Entire Article | Article I (Declaration of Rights) |
| Art. I §1 | Inalienable Rights of Man. |
| Art. I §2 | Political Power Inherent in the People. |
| Art. I §3 | State Inseparable Part of Union. |
| Art. I §4 | Guaranty of Religious Liberty. |
| Art. I §5 | Right of Habeas Corpus. |
| Art. I §6 | Right to Bail — Cruel and Unusual Punishments Prohibited. |
| Art. I §7 | Right to Trial by Jury. |
| Art. I §8 | Prosecution Only by Indictment or Information. |
| Art. I §9 | Freedom of Speech. |
| Art. I §10 | Right of Assembly. |
| Art. I §11 | Right to Keep and Bear Arms. |
| Art. I §12 | Military Subordinate to Civil Power. |
| Art. I §13 | Guaranties in Criminal Actions and Due Process of Law. |
| Art. I §14 | Right of Eminent Domain. |
| Art. I §15 | Imprisonment for Debt Prohibited. |
| Art. I §16 | Bills of Attainder, etc., Prohibited. |
| Art. I §17 | Unreasonable Searches and Seizures Prohibited. |
| Art. I §18 | Justice to be Freely and Speedily Administered. |
| Art. I §19 | Right of Suffrage Guaranteed. |
| Art. I §20 | No Property Qualification Required of Electors — Exceptions. |
| Art. I §21 | Reserved Rights Not Impaired. |
| Art. I §22 | Rights of Crime Victims. |
| Art. I §23 | The Rights to Hunt, Fish and Trap. |
| Passage | Title |
|---|---|
| Entire Article | Article II (Distribution of Powers) |
| Art. II §1 | Departments of Government. |
| Passage | Title |
|---|---|
| Entire Article | Article III (Legislative Department) |
| Art. III §1 | Legislative Power — Enacting Clause — Referendum — Initiative. |
| Art. III §2 | Membership of House and Senate. |
| Art. III §3 | Term of Office. |
| Art. III §4 | Apportionment of Legislature. |
| Art. III §5 | Senatorial and Representative Districts. |
| Art. III §6 | Qualifications of Members. |
| Art. III §7 | Privilege from Arrest. |
| Art. III §8 | Sessions of Legislature. |
| Art. III §9 | Powers of Each House. |
| Art. III §10 | Quorum, Adjournments and Organization. |
| Art. III §11 | Expulsion of Members. |
| Art. III §12 | Secret Sessions Prohibited. |
| Art. III §13 | Journal. |
| Art. III §14 | Origin and Amendment of Bills. |
| Art. III §15 | Manner of Passing Bills. |
| Art. III §16 | Unity of Subject and Title. |
| Art. III §17 | Technical Terms to be Avoided. |
| Art. III §18 | Amendments to be Published in Full. |
| Art. III §19 | Local and Special Laws Prohibited. |
| Art. III §20 | Gambling Prohibited. |
| Art. III §21 | Signature of Bills and Resolutions. |
| Art. III §22 | When Acts Take Effect. |
| Art. III §23 | Compensation of Members. |
| Art. III §24 | Promotion of Temperance and Morality. |
| Art. III §25 | Oath of Office. |
| Art. III §26 | Power and Authority Over Intoxicating Liquors. |
| Art. III §27 | Continuity of State and Local Governmental Operations. |
| Art. III §28 | Marriage. |
| Art. III §29 | Legislative Response to Administrative Rules. |
| Passage | Title |
|---|---|
| Entire Article | Article IV (Executive Department) |
| Art. IV §1 | Executive Officers Listed — Term of Office — Place of Residence — Duties. |
| Art. IV §2 | Election of Officers. |
| Art. IV §3 | Qualifications of Officers. |
| Art. IV §4 | Governor Is Commander of Militia. |
| Art. IV §5 | Supreme Executive Power Vested in Governor. |
| Art. IV §6 | Governor to Appoint Officers. |
| Art. IV §7 | The Pardoning Power. |
| Art. IV §8 | Governor May Require Reports — Messages to Legislature. |
| Art. IV §9 | Extra Sessions of Legislature. |
| Art. IV §10 | Veto Power. |
| Art. IV §11 | Disapproval of Appropriation Bills. |
| Art. IV §12 | Lieutenant Governor to Act as Governor. |
| Art. IV §13 | Lieutenant Governor Is President of Senate. |
| Art. IV §14 | President Pro Tempore to Act as Governor. |
| Art. IV §15 | Great Seal of the State. |
| Art. IV §16 | Grants and Permissions. |
| Art. IV §17 | Accounts and Reports of Officers. |
| Art. IV §18 | Board of Examiners. |
| Art. IV §20 | Departments Limited. |
| Passage | Title |
|---|---|
| Entire Article | Article V (Judicial Department) |
| Art. V §1 | Forms of Action Abolished. |
| Art. V §2 | Judicial Power — Where Vested. |
| Art. V §3 | Impeachments — Where and How Tried. |
| Art. V §4 | Impeachments — Where and How Tried — Conviction — Impeachment of Governor. |
| Art. V §5 | Treason Defined and Limited. |
| Art. V §6 | Supreme Court — Number of Justices — Term of Office — Calling of District Judge to Sit with Court. |
| Art. V §7 | Justices Prohibited from Holding Other Offices. |
| Art. V §8 | Terms of Supreme Court. |
| Art. V §9 | Original and Appellate Jurisdiction of Supreme Court. |
| Art. V §10 | Jurisdiction Over Claims Against the State. |
| Art. V §11 | District Courts — Judges and Terms. |
| Art. V §12 | Residence of Judges — Holding Court Out of District — Service by Retired Justices and Judges. |
| Art. V §13 | Power of Legislature Respecting Courts. |
| Art. V §14 | Special Courts in Cities and Towns. |
| Art. V §15 | Clerk of Supreme Court. |
| Art. V §16 | Clerks of District Courts — Election — Term of Office. |
| Art. V §17 | Salaries of Justices and Judges. |
| Art. V §18 | Prosecuting Attorneys — Term of Office — Qualifications. |
| Art. V §19 | Vacancies — How Filled. |
| Art. V §20 | Jurisdiction of District Court. |
| Art. V §23 | Qualifications of District Judges. |
| Art. V §24 | Judicial Districts Enumerated. |
| Art. V §25 | Defects in Law to be Reported by Judges. |
| Art. V §26 | Court Procedure to be General and Uniform. |
| Art. V §27 | Change in Compensation of Officers. |
| Art. V §28 | Removal of Judicial Officers. |
| Passage | Title |
|---|---|
| Entire Article | Article VI (Suffrage and Elections) |
| Art. VI §1 | Secret Ballot Guaranteed. |
| Art. VI §2 | Qualifications of Electors. |
| Art. VI §3 | Disqualification of Certain Persons. |
| Art. VI §4 | Legislature May Prescribe Additional Qualifications. |
| Art. VI §5 | Residence for Voting Purposes Not Lost or Gained. |
| Art. VI §6 | Recall of Officers Authorized. |
| Art. VI §7 | Nonpartisan Selection of Supreme and District Judges. |
| Passage | Title |
|---|---|
| Entire Article | Article VII (Finance and Revenue) |
| Art. VII §1 | Fiscal Year. |
| Art. VII §2 | Revenue to be Provided by Taxation. |
| Art. VII §3 | Property to be Defined and Classified. |
| Art. VII §4 | Public Property Exempt from Taxation. |
| Art. VII §5 | Taxes to be Uniform — Exemptions. |
| Art. VII §6 | Municipal Corporations to Impose Their Own Taxes. |
| Art. VII §7 | State Taxes to be Paid in Full. |
| Art. VII §8 | Corporate Property Must be Taxed. |
| Art. VII §9 | Maximum Rate of Taxation. |
| Art. VII §10 | Making Profit from Public Money Prohibited. |
| Art. VII §11 | Expenditure Not to Exceed Appropriation. |
| Art. VII §12 | State Tax Commission, Members, Terms, Appointment, Vacancies, Duties, Power — County Boards of Equalization, Duties. |
| Art. VII §13 | Money — How Drawn from Treasury. |
| Art. VII §14 | Money — How Drawn from County Treasuries. |
| Art. VII §15 | Legislature to Provide System of County Finance. |
| Art. VII §16 | Legislature to Pass Necessary Laws. |
| Art. VII §17 | Gasoline Taxes and Motor Vehicle Registration Fees to be Expended on Highways. |
| Art. VII §18 | Idaho Millennium Permanent Endowment Fund — Idaho Millennium Income Fund — Idaho Millennium Fund. |
| Passage | Title |
|---|---|
| Entire Article | Article VIII (Public Indebtedness and Subsidies) |
| Art. VIII §1 | Limitation on Public Indebtedness. |
| Art. VIII §2 | Loan of State’s Credit Prohibited — Holding Stock in Corporation Prohibited — Development of Water Power. |
| Art. VIII §2A | Municipal Bond Bank Authority. |
| Art. VIII §3 | Limitations on County and Municipal Indebtedness. |
| Art. VIII §3A | Environmental Pollution Control Revenue Bonds — Election on Issuance. |
| Art. VIII §3B | Port District Facilities and Projects — Revenue Bond Financing. |
| Art. VIII §3C | Hospitals and Health Services — Authorized Activities and Financing. |
| Art. VIII §3D | Municipal Electric Systems — Authorized Indebtedness. |
| Art. VIII §3E | Airports and Air Navigation Facilities — Airport Related Projects — Revenue and Special Facility Bond Financing. |
| Art. VIII §4 | County, etc., Not to Loan or Give Its Credit. |
| Art. VIII §5 | Special Revenue Financing. |
| Passage | Title |
|---|---|
| Entire Article | Article IX (Education and School Lands) |
| Art. IX §1 | Legislature to Establish System of Free Schools. |
| Art. IX §2 | Board of Education. |
| Art. IX §3 | Public School Permanent Endowment Fund to Remain Intact. |
| Art. IX §4 | Public School Permanent Endowment Fund Defined. |
| Art. IX §5 | Sectarian Appropriations Prohibited. |
| Art. IX §6 | Religious Test and Teaching in School Prohibited. |
| Art. IX §7 | State Board of Land Commissioners. |
| Art. IX §8 | Location and Disposition of Public Lands. |
| Art. IX §9 | Compulsory Attendance at School. |
| Art. IX §10 | State University — Location, Regents, Tuition, Fees and Lands. |
| Art. IX §11 | Investing Permanent Endowment Funds. |
| Passage | Title |
|---|---|
| Entire Article | Article X (Public Institutions) |
| Art. X §1 | State to Establish and Support Institutions. |
| Art. X §2 | Seat of Government. |
| Art. X §3 | Seat of Government — Change in Location. |
| Art. X §4 | Property of Territory Becomes Property of State. |
| Art. X §5 | State Prisons — Control Over. |
| Art. X §7 | Change in Location of Institutions. |
| Passage | Title |
|---|---|
| Entire Article | Article XI (Corporations, Public and Private) |
| Art. XI §1 | Certain Grants and Charters Invalidated. |
| Art. XI §2 | Special Charters Prohibited. |
| Art. XI §3 | Revocation and Alteration of Charters. |
| Art. XI §4 | Cumulative Voting. |
| Art. XI §5 | Regulation and Control of Railroads. |
| Art. XI §6 | Equal Transportation Rights Guaranteed. |
| Art. XI §7 | Acceptance of Constitution by Corporations. |
| Art. XI §8 | Right of Eminent Domain and Police Power Reserved. |
| Art. XI §9 | Increase in Capital Stock. |
| Art. XI §10 | Regulation of Foreign Corporations. |
| Art. XI §11 | Constructing Railroad in City or Town. |
| Art. XI §12 | Retroactive Laws Favoring Corporations Prohibited. |
| Art. XI §13 | Telegraph and Telephone Companies. |
| Art. XI §14 | Consolidation of Corporations with Foreign Corporations. |
| Art. XI §15 | Transfer of Franchises. |
| Art. XI §16 | Term “Corporation” Defined. |
| Art. XI §17 | Liability of Stockholders — Dues. |
| Art. XI §18 | Combinations in Restraint of Trade Prohibited. |
| Passage | Title |
|---|---|
| Entire Article | Article XII (Corporations, Municipal) |
| Art. XII §1 | General Laws for Cities and Towns. |
| Art. XII §2 | Local Police Regulations Authorized. |
| Art. XII §3 | State Not to Assume Local Indebtedness. |
| Art. XII §4 | Municipal Corporations Not to Loan Credit. |
| Passage | Title |
|---|---|
| Entire Article | Article XIII (Immigration and Labor) |
| Art. XIII §1 | Bureau of Immigration — Commissioner. |
| Art. XIII §2 | Protection and Hours of Labor. |
| Art. XIII §4 | Child Labor in Mines Prohibited. |
| Art. XIII §5 | Aliens Not to be Employed on Public Work. |
| Art. XIII §6 | Mechanics’ Liens to be Provided. |
| Art. XIII §7 | Boards of Arbitration. |
| Art. XIII §8 | Duties and Compensation of Commissioner. |
| Passage | Title |
|---|---|
| Entire Article | Article XIV (Militia) |
| Art. XIV §1 | Persons Subject to Military Duty. |
| Art. XIV §2 | Legislature to Provide for Enrolment of Militia. |
| Art. XIV §3 | Selection and Commission of Officers. |
| Art. XIV §4 | Preservation of Records, Banners, and Relics. |
| Art. XIV §5 | National and State Flags Only to be Carried. |
| Art. XIV §6 | Importation of Armed Forces Prohibited. |
| Passage | Title |
|---|---|
| Entire Article | Article XV (Water Rights) |
| Art. XV §1 | Use of Waters A Public Use. |
| Art. XV §2 | Right to Collect Rates A Franchise. |
| Art. XV §3 | Water of Natural Stream — Right to Appropriate — State’s Regulatory Power–Priorities. |
| Art. XV §4 | Continuing Rights to Water Guaranteed. |
| Art. XV §5 | Priorities and Limitations on Use. |
| Art. XV §6 | Establishment of Maximum Rates. |
| Art. XV §7 | State Water Resource Agency. |
| Passage | Title |
|---|---|
| Entire Article | Article XVI (Livestock) |
| Art. XVI §1 | Laws to Protect Livestock. |
| Passage | Title |
|---|---|
| Entire Article | Article XVII (State Boundaries) |
| Art. XVII §1 | Name and Boundaries of State. |
| Passage | Title |
|---|---|
| Entire Article | Article XVIII (County Organization) |
| Art. XVIII §1 | Existing Counties Recognized. |
| Art. XVIII §1 | Existing Counties Recognized. |
| Art. XVIII §2 | Removal of County Seats. |
| Art. XVIII §3 | Division of Counties. |
| Art. XVIII §4 | New Counties — Size and Valuation. |
| Art. XVIII §4A | Consolidation of Counties. |
| Art. XVIII §5 | System of County Government. |
| Art. XVIII §6 | County Officers. |
| Art. XVIII §7 | County Officers — Salaries. |
| Art. XVIII §8 | County Officers — How Paid. |
| Art. XVIII §9 | County Officers — Liability for Fees. |
| Art. XVIII §10 | Board of County Commissioners. |
| Art. XVIII §11 | Duties of Officers. |
| Art. XVIII §12 | Optional Forms of County Government. |
| Passage | Title |
|---|---|
| Entire Article | Article XIX (Apportionment) |
| Art. XIX §1 | Senatorial Districts. |
| Art. XIX §2 | Representative Districts. |
| Passage | Title |
|---|---|
| Entire Article | Article XX (Amendments) |
| Art. XX §1 | How Amendments May be Proposed. |
| Art. XX §2 | Submission of Several Amendments. |
| Art. XX §3 | Revision or Amendment by Convention. |
| Art. XX §4 | Submission of Revised Constitution to People. |
| Passage | Title |
|---|---|
| Entire Article | Article XXI (Schedule and Ordinance) |
| Art. XXI §1 | Judicial Proceedings Continued. |
| Art. XXI §2 | Laws Continued in Force. |
| Art. XXI §3 | Territorial Fines and Forfeitures Accrue to State. |
| Art. XXI §4 | Territorial Bonds and Obligations Pass to State. |
| Art. XXI §5 | Territorial Officers to Continue in Office. |
| Art. XXI §6 | Submission of Constitution to Electors. |
| Art. XXI §7 | When Constitution Takes Effect. |
| Art. XXI §8 | Election Proclamation to be Issued. |
| Art. XXI §9 | Election to be Ordered — Conduct of Election. |
| Art. XXI §10 | Canvass of Election Returns. |
| Art. XXI §11 | Certificates of Election. |
| Art. XXI §12 | Qualifications of Officers. |
| Art. XXI §13 | Tenure of Office. |
| Art. XXI §14 | Convention of First Legislature. |
| Art. XXI §15 | Legislature to Pass Necessary Laws. |
| Art. XXI §16 | Transfer of Cases to State Courts. |
| Art. XXI §17 | Seals of Courts. |
| Art. XXI §18 | Transfer of Probate Matters. |
| Art. XXI §19 | Religious Freedom Guaranteed — Disclaimer of Title to Indian Lands. |
| Art. XXI §20 | Adoption of Federal Constitution. |
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